How I Transformed a Festival Organization
summary
An agile coach joined the organizing team of the Fenrir medieval/fantasy festival to prepare its 2024 edition and introduced agile practices. The talk covers using personas, team rituals, regular retrospection, last-minute feature decisions driven by visitor value, and Scrum-like values (focus, engagement, openness, courage, respect) to attract over 7,000 visitors, plus the continuous improvement process set up after the event to prepare the 2025 edition.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 6:04Festival origins and values
- 10:18Initial diagnosis
- 16:41Resource prioritization
- 22:47Agile tools and structure
- 28:48Handling surprises and safety
- 32:59Post-festival feedback
- 37:13Lessons and best practices
- 41:06Conclusion
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